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cutification en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Related to cutis (“the true skin or dermis, underlying the epidermis”) or cuticle; The Oxford English Dictionary proposes a connection to hypothetical Latin *cutificāre.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The formation of cuticles.

cutification en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From cut(e) + -ification.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard, uncountable, usually) The process of cutifying or becoming cute.
   • In Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare charts the inevitable cutification of political myth. 2016 Summer, Colby Gordon, “Candied Cleopatra: The Cute Aesthetics of Shakespeare's Political Theology”, in Journal for Early Modern Cultural Studies, volume 16, number 3, Philadelphia, P.A.: University of Pennsylvania Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31:
   • I don't like the song-and-dance, I don't like the cutifications, I don't like the happifications, etc. 1997 November 6, Ru Igarashi, “A question of BLIND FAITH in Disney and P. Mononoke”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
   • There is also striking resemblance between the cutification of animals and the cutification of women (portraying pubescent women or women as girlish or "baby-dollish") in advertisements. 2007 November, Liz Grauerholz, “Cute Enough to Eat: The Transformation of Animals into Meat for Human Consumption in Commercialized Images”, in Humanity & Society, volume 31, number 4, Thousands Oaks, C.A.: SAGE Publishing, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 349:

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cutify